Sophie Sparham catches up with Kevin Nixon, drummer with Derbyshire punk band Anti-Pasti.

IN 1981, Anti-Pasti shocked the world with their aggressive and provocative debut album The Last Call.

Now, after a few small reunions, Anti-Pasti are back with a new line-up and a new album but are staying true to their original politics.

The last time Pasti reformed was in 1995 for just nine months, so what made them want to get back together now? Well, believe it or not, a house-warming party.

"We had often had quite lucrative offers to get things back together but none of us either had the time or the inclination," says Kevin.

"It was only when Martin Roper and I got talking about it over a few drinks at my house-warming that things started to develop. I even called him back the next day to check if he was joking.

"Not all of the original successful line-up were in a position to be involved and Ben Hanson was suggested to play bass guitar.

"We already knew him and he's brought his own distinct style and songwriting skills to the band.

"However, despite the exciting reunion, Martin was unable to continue with the band and Gez Addictive joined as the new lead singer, fitting into the band perfectly.

" No auditions or anything conceited like that ... we heard his voice and attitude and we were convinced that we could work together.

"Gez is a very musical person who brings his own brand of creativity to the band. His anger and approach are vital to the band moving on."

This year, the band have already embarked on an impressive amount of festivals, including Wicker Man in Scotland and Pod Parou, a punk festival in the Czech Republic.

It seems that getting to Pod Parou, was pretty treacherous, though.

Kevin says: "After a flight delay of almost three hours, we travelled via mini-bus to the festival, arrived in a monsoon and then decanted into a couple of 4x4 vehicles which promptly sped half a mile down a hill sideways at 50km an hour to the stage. Now that's how to arrive!

"We took the stage at 1am and, in the morning, our hotel was like punk rock central.

"The Buzzcocks and many other bands from all over world were all shacked up together."

Despite their new line-up, the band's politics haven't changed. Their new album touches on injustice, politicians, mental health and war imagery.

Kevin says: "Every song we have ever written is a protest song or at least a set of words which highlight something that concerns us and nothing's changed. Some of our old lyrics are still pertinent today."

However, the actual musical talent of the band has developed.

"Nowadays, we all understand music and how it is created a lot better," says Kevin.

"It's a great privilege to write new music with Ben's brilliant songwriting skills and Ollie's rock and roll guitar.

"Gez's input is the icing on the cake. Four creative people, one band. It's great to have an input from all quarters."

With the new album aiming to be completed by the end of the year and many more gigs lined up, including a date in Milan and Berlin on New Year's Eve, it's fair to say that Anti-Pasti are back and back in style.

A Derbyshire farmer's daughter has written her own success story. Thanks to the powers of self-publishing Tracy Blythe has watched her first novel turn into a bestseller. She chats to Jill Gallone.

IMAGINE the story... a Derbyshire farmer's daughter who can't ever remember writing stories at school manages to pen a novel in two-hour blasts during her baby's naps.

After years of hard graft she finishes the book, but it is rejected by 18 publishers.

Fast forward seven years and the book is plunged into the limelight after it is self-published online. Available as an ebook, it soars to the top of Amazon's bestseller list. More than 200,000 readers snap it up.

The Derbyshire farmer's daughter is hailed as the big new star of women's fiction – and lands the book deal of her dreams.

It feels like a storyline from a novel, but it's not; it's happened to Duffield mum-of-two Tracy Blythe, now more famously known as Tracy Bloom.

"I still can't believe it myself," she admits. "I think, 'is this really me?' Sometimes it still feels like I'm just getting away with it."

Tracy's down-to-earth roots, growing up on a farm in Kirk Langley, have made her the person she is today – and given her the armoury and knowledge to write with strength and humour about the human condition.

"Growing up on a farm was a very good foundation for my writing," says Tracy, 43, who, despite book sales across the globe, is currently most excited about an article she has penned for Farmers Weekly. They invited her to do a piece after spotting her comment about being proud to be a farmer's daughter.

"Growing up on a farm creates a foundation for comedy," she explains. "Farmers are very sharp and witty, so much so that when you are growing up the only way to get attention is to have plenty of witty replies."

Tracy says she honed her humour from a young age. "Most farmers have a natural desire to say something funny. I think it comes from the fact that all farmers are running businesses, they are massive multi-taskers, work long hours and it can be quite solitary. So when they do meet up, they are ready to be very, very sociable."

Her parents, Jim and June Burton, are still farming in Kirk Langley and brother Andrew Burton runs a farm in Brailsford.

Meanwhile, husband Bruce (occasionally mistakenly called Mr Bloom!) works at Rolls-Royce in Derby.

"We're Derbyshire through and through," says Tracy, who laughs when she hears about Bruce's name mix-ups. "My agent suggested I wrote under a pen name because they said Blythe wasn't very sparkly.

"Bruce finds it hilarious when he's called Mr Bloom but in one article he was called John!"

Luckily, he takes it on the chin. "He's been brilliant. He never questioned all the time I spent writing, and when everything took off last year when my book was self-published he was very excited.

"We both went to Ecclesbourne School in Duffield but never got together as a couple until our early 30s. We were very good friends for a long time."

The couple now have two children, Tom, seven, and Sally, five, and it was through a life-changing move to America, sparked by Bruce's job with Rolls-Royce, that the new chapter began.

Tracy explains: "I was 36, had just had my first baby and gave up my career in marketing to move to America with Bruce. It was partly because I'd moved to a country where I didn't know anyone that I started writing. It was my salvation. It gave me something to focus on – plus an excuse not to do the housework! I wrote in two-hour blasts when Tom went to sleep in the afternoons.

"I had always wanted to write. When I was in marketing it was the part of the job I loved."

Without the day job, her creative energies could be poured into her funny and romantic novel, No-one Ever Has Sex On A Tuesday. And though she was in Connecticut at the time, it had its roots in Derbyshire ante-natal classes.

"I went to ante-natal classes before we went to America and it struck me that a very random selection of people meet up to talk about a very intimate and life-changing experience."

It provided the basis for a comedy novel, which has won her fans across the world.

"When I was writing it I was inspired by Gavin and Stacey, which was being shown on American TV. The writing is funny, touching, amazing and features unusual characters. It really stirred me. I wanted to be that good. It took a year to do my first draft, then I got pregnant again and put it away for a while.

"I was going to creative writing evening classes in America but one night decided not to go and instead spent the time sending the book off to agents in London. I got an agent who managed to get the novel published overseas but I couldn't get a deal in the UK."

The book was available in the likes of Germany, Poland and Serbia but not England. So, last year, Tracy decided to self-publish No-one Ever Has Sex on a Tuesday.

"It went on sale as an ebook on Amazon in April 2013," Tracy explains. "Amazon spotted it and put it on promotion on June 1. By June 8 it had gone to number one in the bestseller list and stayed there for three weeks. At the time it was hard to comprehend. I was an unknown author. It seemed just ridiculous."

With thousands buying the book online, it wasn't long before a publisher came knocking on Tracy's door. "I got a book deal with Penguin Random House."

This year the book finally came out in paperback in the UK – which means Tracy can see her novel in book stores. Self-publishing catapulted Tracy to the kind of success she hardly dared dream of.

Tracy went on to self-publish another book, Single Woman Seeks Revenge, which reached the number two spot on Amazon's bestseller list for three weeks. Book three will be out this autumn, though Tracy is cursing her bad luck – and blames George Clooney.

"I chose the title of my latest book before I had written it. It's called I Will Marry George Clooney by Christmas and it's due out in October. As you can imagine, I was a little perturbed to find out he is getting married, rumour has it this month!

"My son was sitting having breakfast one day, the radio was on and I heard him say, 'That George Clooney has just got engaged'. I said, 'What!'" After getting over the shock that the eternal bachelor may finally have succumbed to a woman's charms, Tracy decided to be stoical. "The book's about a single mum who works in a Derbyshire chicken factory. Her life is falling apart and she decides the answer is to marry George Clooney.

"Her decision takes her on a journey and she turns her life around."

The sequel to No-one Ever Has Sex On A Tuesday will be out next year. And she admits, she would like to see one of her books make it on to the big screen. "I would like to learn how to write a screen play. I love dialogue."

Meanwhile, life goes on almost as normal.

"I feel very fortunate to be able to work from home and take my kids to school. After I've dropped them off I leave the house for a while, brainstorm some ideas, then come back and reel off a couple of thousand words."

Despite all she has achieved, Tracy is still pinching herself and says: "There's a huge dollop of luck involved in what's happened to me."

Luck or otherwise, she had the energy and determination to do it.

BUYING or selling property may seem as much art as science when it comes to getting the best price but knowing the tricks the experts use to raise the value of a property may help you boost your own selling price – or wise up to cut the price of a purchase.

Taking down family photos, removing the lounge door and parking an expensive car outside the property could add around £2,500 to the price, according to a survey of estate agents from Big Yellow Self Storage.

Tried-and-tested tactics of baking bread or brewing coffee also work, adding an astonishingly high £849 to the sale price of a £250,000 property. But even just clearing your kitchen of small appliances adds £973; creating an open-plan living area (£972) and removing ornaments (£948) also boost the price. Using mirrors to create the impression of space also adds £946.

Pet smells and their paraphernalia are a turn-off for most buyers, beaten only by discolouration due to smoking.

These are just some ways you can boost a sale price, but knowing them may also prevent you being seduced into paying more.

Alison Steed is the founder of the money-saving website MyMoneyDiva.com.

POLICE are looking for a driver who gave a woman a lift in Alvaston.

The woman was seen arguing with an Asian man on Penzance Road at around 5.30pm on Saturday, August 30.

She then walked off in the direction of Coronation Drive before flagging down the white or silver vehicle.

The driver of the car was female and police are now attempting to trace her.

Anyone with information should contact Detective Constable Pete Matthewman on 101. 

NEW Watford manager Oscar Garcia will miss Tuesday's Championship match at Blackpool after being admitted to hospital.
The former Brighton boss spent Sunday night in hospital with chest pains and was due to undergo further tests on Monday.
The 41-year-old Spaniard took charge of his first Watford game on Saturday - a 1-0 defeat at Charlton Athletic.
Backroom duo Ruben Martinez and Javier Pereira will take charge of the team in Garcia's absence.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after four men were allegedly assaulted in Wirksworth.

At around 12:50am on Sunday, September 7, police attended an incident at the Hope and Anchor public house in the Market Place, Wirksworth.

Police said four people were allegedly assaulted during a disturbance which started inside the pub and continued outside on to Market Place.

Two men, both aged 39, were taken to the Derby Royal Hospital with head injuries, and a 49-year-old man was taken to the hospital with a fractured cheekbone.

A 24-year-old man was punched in the face, however required no medical treatment.

A Derbyshire police spokesman said it was believed that the offender ran off in the direction of the Wirksworth Church yard.

A 41-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and has since been released on bail pending further inquiries.

Witnesses or anyone with information should call DC Simon Rogers or DC Shaun Bott on 101, quoting crime reference number 37594/14.

To report a crime anonymously call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. 

HARVEY Hosein took seven catches on his first-class debut for Derbyshire as Surrey were bowled out for 181 on the opening day of their LV County Championship match at The Oval.

His haul equalled the highest number of catches ever taken in an innings by a Derbyshire wicketkeeper, joining Bob Taylor, who did it twice.

There were also six wickets for Mark Footitt in an outstanding spell for Derbyshire after lunch as Surrey lost seven wickets for 58 and the innings was rounded off with a maiden first-class wicket for Ben Cotton.

Yet at lunch, Surrey were 68-2 and Derbyshire could still feel a little hard done by after winning the toss, beating the edge of the bat repeatedly.

Wayne White came on as first change and continued the trend of near misses until Zafar Ansari got a nick to give Hosein an easy catch behind the stumps. He made 22 and that was 47-1.

Eight overs later, Rory Burns went the same way for 24 and, at 63-2, the scoreboard reflected the balance of play a little more accurately.

With the sixth ball after lunch, Steve Davies played a loose shot to be caught at point off Footitt for five and, in his next over, Footitt had Vikram Solanki caught behind for 12 at 75-4.

Jason Roy was caught behind for 14 off Footitt, who then took two more in successive balls, having Arun Harinath (4) lbw and Gareth Batty caught by a flying Hosein down the leg side at 109-7.

Stuart Meaker was caught behind off Footitt for nought at 117-8 and Jade Dernbach came out to throw the bat at every ball until he was bowled by White for eight at 130-9.

But skipper Gary Wilson held Derbyshire up in making 70 and putting on 51 with Tim Linley (1) until he was caught behind off Cotton, in for his debut in place of Tony Palladino, who has a back injury.

Footitt finished with 6-69 and White 3-39.

A DERBY singer-songwriter is thrilled her career is back on track after landing a deal with a major record label.

Kezia Gill has spent her career travelling the world and making a living out of singing.

But, after a previous record deal fell-through, the 26-year-old said she fell into a period of feeling very low.

Now, though, she is planning to release an album next year after signing with Cubit Recordings, which also has Derbyshire musical duo Miss 600 on its books.

Kezia, of Lexington Road, Chaddesden, said: "I did feel depressed after a record deal fell through last year because all I have wanted to do is be a singer.

"I was fed up of constant rejection and playing at some not-so-nice venues.

"I am 26 and I wondered if I had missed my shot, which made me feel quite sad.

"I've not done anything since school that is not related to music. If I'd not got this deal then I really don't know what I would have done."

Kezia attended West Park School in Spondon before completing her A-Levels at the former South East Derbyshire College in Ilkeston.

She then spent six years performing all over Lanzarote before moving back to Derby in November 2012.

After negotiations with record bosses at Cubit Recordings, Kezia agreed to sign-up. As well as releasing an album next year, she is planning a series of tours and promotional work.

She said: "When the label got in touch about a month ago it was fantastic.

"They are a major record label and have a lot of resources and when they told me I was like, 'where do I sign?'

"I've got so much enthusiasm about this project and I'm really, really looking forward to what the future holds.

"After being an unsigned artist for so long, I finally feel like this is my shot.

"I've got more expectations now, I'm gigging more and I can give it a bigger go now.

"The new album will be great and it will have some of my original songs and also some new ones."

Kezia joins the same label as Miss 600, which is made up of Derby duo Hannah Garner and guitarist David Amar who met at an open-mic night at Ryan's Bar in Derby a few years ago.

Inspired by jazz and rock, Miss 600 began penning their own songs and were given a recording deal in 2010.

After generating interest on the local music scene, they recorded their first album, Buying Time, and went on to make it onto Radio 2's playlist.

With a record deal to boost her fortunes, Kezia now hopes she can gain similar success.

She said: "There will be press and radio tours and I'll be appearing at major festivals. I'm really happy with how things are going."

DERBY County went down 1-0 to Brighton & Hove Albion in their latest Barclays Under-21 Premier League Division Two match.
A goal from Robin Deen early in the second half was enough to give the Seagulls their first win of the season, at the Sussex County FA headquarters on Monday afternoon.
Jamie Hanson had earlier seen his header saved by keeper Christian Walton, while Kwame Thomas also went close for the Rams.
DERBY COUNTY UNDER-21S: Mitchell, Hendrie, Lowe, T Naylor, Rawson, Hanson, Santos, Koblenz, Guy, Bunjaku, Thomas. Subs Morch (gk), Stabana, Zanzala, McDonald, Babos.

DERBY-BORN goalkeeper Jake Kean has joined League One side Yeovil Town on a month's loan from Blackburn Rovers.
Kean has made 44 appearances for Rovers but has been kept out of the side by former England stopper Paul Robinson of late.
The 23-year-old, who started out at hometown club Derby County, has only played one game this season - in the Capital One Cup.
Kean has previously spent time on loan at Hartlepool United and Rochdale.
Blackburn take on Derby at Ewood Park in the Championship on Wednesday night.

A FORMER red telephone box is helping to commemorate the lives of people from a Derbyshire village who fought in the First World War.

The Art Box was created out of the phone box a year ago in Little Eaton and the war exhibition is the latest in a series of displays and uses for it.

Parish councillor John Dallison has played a key role in decorating the box with photographs and information about the soldiers as he runs a printing company and was able to supply the images.

He said: "On display, we have people who both died in the war and those who survived the conflict.

"Work started in earnest on the project in March and villagers, such as Bill Hutchinson, helped research the information.

"The exhibition will continue to the end of the year and has already provoked quite a lot of comment and reaction."

At least one soldier lies in St Paul's churchyard in the village – rifleman WE Yates who died in May 1918 – and a list of the dead is situated on the church's lychgate, the dedication of which in 1922 is featured in photographs in the box.

Mr Dallison said: "A high percentage of the village's 1,200 or so inhabitants – in the region of 37 – were killed in the First World War.

"We are hoping that by staging this exhibition it will prompt more people to come forward with memories of relatives who fought from this area."

The box has pictures and maps of war events and locations and in a small space tells the story of a village's sacrifice in terms of its men.

Among them was TP Cameron Wilson, son of a vicar, who wrote poetry including The Magpies of Picardy but was killed just short of his 30th birthday in 1918.

Another story concerns Albert Clarke who joined the forces aged 14 just before war broke out but who was sent home only to rejoin again when he was 16. He survived the war and became a member of the Home Guard in the Second World War, which is also featured in an article in the box.

The Art Box and its exhibition is situated on Alfreton Road in the village.

A MARKET jeweller who was well known for piercing the ears of Derby teenagers has died aged 74. 

Jan Greensmith ran Jan's Jewels for more than 30 years, selling gold and silver jewellery and accessories.

Husband Geoff, 55, said: "There are so many people in Derby who remember Jan for piercing their ears.

"She loved life. I know she would thank everybody for their custom over the years.

"She loved the customers and traders alike."

Jan, who lived in Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, came to Derby in 1960, when she met her first husband.

Jan worked at the Home and Colonial grocery shop, in the Cornmarket, as well as Spondon Supply Stores.

She set up Jan's Jewels in 1972 in Derby's Morledge Market, after being inspired by a friend.

When she divorced in 1982, her first husband remained at the Eagle Market stall, while she moved to the Market Hall.

In 1982, Jan, who was then 42, met Geoff, 23, at a club in Agard Street.

Geoff said: "I remember going to the club at about 10pm – it was June 10, 1982.

"There was only Jan and I in the club. We got talking and we hit it off straight away.

"It was love at first sight. We were never apart."

Geoff began helping out at the stall that October and the couple married at Derby Register Office in 1983.

Geoff said: "It was hilarious. We were always larking about – the stallholders were always game for a laugh.

"Sometimes Jan and her daughter, Jane, as well as the stallholder next door, Pat, would pretend they had an imaginary skipping rope.

"Jan would get people to walk round it while Jane jumped up and down. She had a devilish sense of humour.

"I remember one Christmas – it must have been 20 years ago – when there was 2ft of snow on the ground outside the Market Hall.

"Jan always had a bell with her that she'd ring. She started shouting, 'Donkey rides for 50p'.

"Grandparents with their children were coming in asking where the rides were – Jan would do anything to get people in to spend money!"

She retired in 2005 but remained a key part of the business.

Jan died peacefully on September 2, at the Royal Derby Hospital.

Jan's Jewels will continue to be run by Jane and Geoff. 

DERBY County celebrated the first win of their inaugural Barclays Under-18 Premier League North campaign - an emphatic 5-1 victory away to Everton.
The Rams went into Saturday's game on the back of two draws and a defeat.
Offrande Zanzala put Darren Wassall's side ahead early on but Everton levelled before half-time.
Derby dominated the second period, though, adding further goals from Kellan Gordon, Charles Vernam - a penalty - Zanzala and substitute Alex Babos.
"It's fantastic to get that first win on the board and to do it in such convincing style is just what the players deserve," said Wassall.
"Our second-half performance was excellent and we scored some really good goals.
"We're now unbeaten in three matches and have some momentum behind us.
"We're enjoying life as Category One side and have proved we deserve to be at this level."

HARVEY Hosein took seven catches on his first-class debut for Derbyshire as Surrey were bowled out for 181 on the opening day of their LV County Championship match at The Oval.

His haul equalled the highest number of catches ever taken in an innings by a Derbyshire wicketkeeper, joining Bob Taylor, who did it twice. No wicketkeeper has ever taken as many on his Championship bow.

Derbyshire also found batting tough in their reply but were reasonably well placed at the close on 164-5, with Wayne Madsen 48 not out.

There were also six wickets for Mark Footitt in an outstanding spell for Derbyshire after lunch as Surrey lost seven wickets for 58 and the innings was rounded off with a maiden first-class wicket for Ben Cotton.

Yet at lunch, Surrey were 68-2 and Derbyshire could still feel a little hard done by after winning the toss, beating the edge of the bat repeatedly.

Wayne White came on as first change and continued the trend of near misses until Zafar Ansari got a nick to give Hosein an easy catch behind the stumps. He made 22 and that was 47-1.

Eight overs later, Rory Burns went the same way for 24 and, at 63-2, the scoreboard reflected the balance of play a little more accurately.

With the sixth ball after lunch, Steve Davies played a loose shot to be caught at point off Footitt for five and, in his next over, Footitt had Vikram Solanki caught behind for 12 at 75-4.

Jason Roy was caught behind for 14 off Footitt, who then took two more in successive balls, having Arun Harinath (4) lbw and Gareth Batty caught by a flying Hosein down the leg side at 109-7.

Stuart Meaker was caught behind off Footitt for nought at 117-8 and Jade Dernbach came out to throw the bat at every ball until he was bowled by White for eight at 130-9.

But skipper Gary Wilson held Derbyshire up in making 70 and putting on 51 with Tim Linley (1) until he was caught behind off Cotton, in for his debut in place of Tony Palladino, who has a back injury.

Footitt finished with 6-69 and White 3-39.

Openers Ben Slater (34) and Billy Godleman (28) put on 62 to start the Derbyshire reply only to fall in the space of three overs, then Cheteshwar Pujara followed for 16 when he left a Linley ball that came back to strike his off stump.

Wes Durston was caught at second slip for four and Alex Hughes at third slip for 17 but Madsen remained and will have Hosein (4) with him at the start of day two.

A MAN with dementia who went missing from his home in Melbourne has been found.

John Davidson was reported missing by neighbours who had grown concerned for his welfare after last seeing him outside his address in Peniston Rise at 12pm on Saturday, September 13.

The 55-year-old was found in Shepshed, near Loughborough, this afternoon and has now returned home safe and well.

He was believed to have been riding a light-coloured mountain bike when he was last seen, but was found on foot in Leicestershire.

A helicopter was involved in a large-scale search for Mr Davidson, who suffers from dementia.

Acting sergeant Matthew Haslam, who was involved in the search, has thanked the public and the media for their help in ensuring he was returned home safely.

He said: "The response we had from people was fantastic and I would like to thank everyone who called us with information or to report possible sightings.
"I'd also like to thank the media and people who shared information on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, which helped spread the appeal far and wide."

RESIDENTS on a Derby road say they are being subjected to hell because a bus company has allegedly damaged several cars.

But Linburg Touring, on Roman Road, believes the way residents park has caused some of the issues.

Local people dispute this and also claim they are being kept awake at night by drivers sounding their horns when they are unable to pass down the street.

The company has confirmed it has dismissed a driver after two incidents on the road.

Liam Casson, 34, of Roman Road, said some people have had their cars substantially damaged. He said damage to his vehicle was around £1,200, which he believed his insurance would cover. Mr Casson claimed a bus was reversing down the street and struck his car, damaging two doors and a wing mirror.

He said: "We have got a young child and we need the car. We have been away from the car for nearly a month."

In another incident, a Renault car was damaged, which the company admitted and which it then bought off the owner.

The company has been situated in Roman Road since 2010, when residents said the problem began.

John Hadaway, the director of the bus firm, said the road was approaching six-and-a-half metres wide. Its buses and coaches were around two-and-a-half metres wide, which he believed was "more than sufficiently wide to accommodate a coach".

Deaon Garwandoe, ALL CRRCT 42, also of Roman Road, said she had heard incidents including broken wing mirrors. She added: "We are allowed to park on the road. If we were not, then I think they would have a case. The coaches are very loud in the early hours."

Sue Brannigan, of Roman Road, said the problem was never there before the company moved. She said: "There was never any of this hassle but when the buses came the problems started. I think the company should be relocated. If they were at Pride Park or Alfreton Road then there would be no aggravation.

"It's terrible and I do not think they realise when a bus does catch a car."

One unnamed resident, who has lived on Roman Road for 50 years, said she was very angry at the situation. She said: "The buses are causing chaos. It makes me annoyed because I want a quiet life."

Derby North MP Chris Williamson said: "I was amazed a bus company was located at the end of the street. I have offered to help the company move to a more appropriate location. The highways department in the city council should have been more diligent and consider the implications to allow this company to set up there.

"I have heard the stories from residents and it must be a living nightmare."

However, a Derby City Council spokesperson said: "This particular premises has historically been occupied by a bus or coach company and the Linburg Coach Hire Company, therefore, is occupying premises that have lawful established use."

This meant the firm did not require planning permission for current use of the site.